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LOT 1318
South Arabian Bronze Camel Rider Statuette
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 7/8 in. (17.5 grams, 49 mm long).
Modelled in the round, the rider perched on the camel's single hump, holding the reins in his left hand, right arm raised. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From a French collection.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
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